Edgeworth Renewal Corridor Project - Lake Macquarie City Council

10 Strategy Development and Assessment10.1 Strategy ObjectivesThis Report has found that:• Planning needs to minimise the conflict between the amenity of the communitiesalong the Corridor and the role of the Corridor as a free flowing arterial road• The Corridor offers a wide range of housing types for different needs, howeverthere are economic and practical constraints to more intensive redevelopment inthe short to medium term.• There may be value in locating any additional housing away from Main Road onresidential streets, or using business premises as “buffers”, on amenity grounds• It is important to maintain a pedestrian scale to building form• There is a need provide support for the anticipated growth of the Corridor througha safe continuous pedestrian and cycleway network to important destinations• Redevelopment of the Corridor provides opportunities for growth in a way thattakes advantage of the public transport network but only if improvements aremade to the public transport system.• The Corridor has little sense of place, and streetscape improvements ,including“gateways” at entries to the Corridor and to the Neighbourhood Centre, areneeded.These objectives are used as the basis for the improvement options outlined below.10.2 Land Use StrategyThe foregoing suggests the following land use strategy conclusions:• There is potential to increase residential densities within the Corridor. However,there is unlikely to be a rapid take up of these opportunities because of economicviability- land values are insufficient to encourage development, particular whenlot amalgamations are necessary.• The land use zoning of light industrial area is appropriate – it provides a usefulrole in providing a diverse economic base for the Corridor• There is sufficient commercially zoned land. The biggest challenge for theNeighbourhood Centre will be to meet the completion provided by the proposedPambulong shopping centre and the Glendale Regional Centre.• There is a steady growth of small professional suites and home businesses alongMain Road. This could be nurtured by providing a mixed use zoning over the areato permit business development up to a given floorspace limit- for example, 150sq metres maximum.The above strategies can play a role in an integrated approach to meeting thecommunity’s land use needs whilst recognising the importance of the performance of theroad network.The outcomes of this study will be used for further investigation into the transportnetwork, which will be considering the circulation of vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclewaytraffic.Draft Land Use Review – Edgeworth Renewal Corridor – Version 2 Page 81 of 85F2011/00577/06/08 – May 2013